L'Abri Fellowship - Southborough

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Josue Reichow The Copyright for all material on the podcast is held by L'Abri Fellowship. We ask that you respect this by not publishing the material in full or in part in any format or post it on a website without seeking prior permission from L'Abri Fellowship. ©Sou...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Esther Dalton This final part of the baptized imagination series attempts to bring together some of the threads developed in earlier parts, including baptism, the image of God, story and seeing, with a deeper look at idolatry, prophecy, and the Holy Spirit, to address...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Ben Keyes The first of a series, this lecture will kick off an extended exploration of the life of birds. We will reflect on the importance of going deeper in our investigation of God's created world, both for our own delight and for the purpose of knowing Him better....

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Joshua Chestnut The Copyright for all material on the podcast is held by L'Abri Fellowship. We ask that you respect this by not publishing the material in full or in part in any format or post it on a website without seeking prior permission from L'Abri Fellowship. ©S...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Ben Keyes The Screwtape Letters, a series of fictional letters from one demon to another, is one of C.S. Lewis's most widely read books. While the diabolical correspondence was a figment of Lewis's imagination, we can still learn many true things about the nature of e...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Esther Dalton If it is true that to need is human and that dependence is not a flaw of human existence but a God-designed feature, then why is it so often difficult for us to admit our neediness? This lecture will examine some of the reasons dependence on God and othe...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Joshua Chestnut Learning to live within our creaturely limitations is neither easy nor intuitive but can be a path to our flourishing. This lecture is the first in a series of reflections on our creatureliness and will look at the beauty of human dependence as well as...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Ben Keyes The desire to make art is, in part, a desire to connect meaningfully with others, to communicate some aspect of reality with which other people can identify. There are many reasons why our art can either succeed or fail in making this kind of meaningful cont...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Esther Dalton In this lecture, Esther continues her series on the baptized imagination, this time exploring the way how we see God's Word and God's World is a key part of cultivating our imaginations. The Copyright for all material on the podcast is held by L'Abri Fel...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Paul Reuter In less than 30 years, photography has changed from an Art practiced by a few elite individuals who dictated fashion and culture to a commonplace activity practiced everywhere. Because of the transition from film to digital and cameras to smartphones, we a...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Joshua Chestnut This lecture will consider whether an ideal of selflessness is an helpful category for Christians who rightly don't want to take part in the pervasive selfishness of our age. We will look at different ways of understanding the self, trying to see how r...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Esther Dalton Anne Shirley, the protagonist of the Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery, is famous for seeking a "bosom friend" and looking everywhere for "kindred spirits." But do stories about friendship and community have anything to do with reality? What...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Adam Kurihara Choral music for Holy Week is saturated with a dissonant beauty that reflects the affliction of Chris. We will walk through several key pieces listening and learning about what makes this music so compelling. Learn how musical rhetoric (communicating con...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Joshua Chestnut In this second lecture in a series on the prayer practices of Christians throughout the ages, we will consider the life of German theologian and Christian martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer. While attempting to offer an overview of his life, specific attentio...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Dick Keyes We will be taking a critical look at the history of the university, at some of the challenges it faces today, and what a Christian perspective could bring. The Copyright for all material on the podcast is held by L'Abri Fellowship. We ask that you respect t...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Ben Keyes Self-control is an important Christian virtue that is often misunderstood and, as a result, undervalued. What is self-control? Why is having appropriate dominion over ourselves so important? What does the Bible tell us about how we can grow in self-control?...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Esther Dalton This lecture continues Esther's series on the imagination. "We are all made to be creative and our medium is life." But what does this look like practically? What does the imagination have to do with living life and how can we shape and shepherd our imag...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Jeff Dryden, Covenant College, Chattanooga, TN What is spiritual formation? How do we foster our spiritual life in Christ? How do we use the Bible in our spiritual formation? Jeff Dryden, biblical scholar and former L'Abri worker, will help us navigate these and other...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Ben Keyes The Bible teaches that after his resurrection, Jesus Christ ascended into heaven. What does this event mean? How does it fit into the broader story of God's redemption? What difference does it make to the everyday life of Christian people living 2,000 years...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Joshua Chestnut David's resolve to "bless the Lord at all times" and Paul's command to "pray without ceasing" might sound like either pious exaggerations or nearly impossible options reserved for only the most spiritually advanced among us, but this not need be! As th...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Esther Dalton "Blessing, bless you, blessed"--It's a word that gets thrown around a lot. But does it mean what we think it means? How might looking at the peculiar etymology of our English word "bless" give us a thicker, richer understanding of blessing? The Copyright...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ Join Ben Keyes as he hosts a conversation with Jo Swinney, Peter Harris, and Avery Robson of A Rocha International as they share A Place a the Table: Faith, Hope and Hospitality, a new book coauthored by Jo and her late mother, Miranda Harris, and some of the story of A...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Joshua Chestnut Even though humans are the only creatures who weep, all too often our tears remain mysteries to us. While considering the broader question of what it means to be human, this lecture will reflect on how we both navigate our emotions and understand our t...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Ben Keyes The Copyright for all material on the podcast is held by L'Abri Fellowship. We ask that you respect this by not publishing the material in full or in part in any format or post it on a website without seeking prior permission from L'Abri Fellowship. ©Southbo...

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Sarah Chestnut The Copyright for all material on the podcast is held by L'Abri Fellowship. We ask that you respect this by not publishing the material in full or in part in any format or post it on a website without seeking prior permission from L'Abri Fellowship. ©So...